Creating “One Consistent Experience” across Your PC, Laptop and Tablet Desktops

2. VIR202 Creating “One Consistent Experience” across Your PC, Laptop and Tablet Desktops Jon Wallace, Benny Tritsch AppSense www.appsense.com

3. New Desktop World

4. Complexity: The side-effect of simplicity… • Technology is rapidly evolving to provide easier access to IT resources. • Desktop VirtualizationTechnology which provides users with a hosted windows desktop, accessible from a range of devices or access points. • Application VirtualizationTechnology which simplifies the deployment of corporate applications while minimizing traditional issues like compatibility.

5. Complexity: The side-effect of simplicity… • The main problem is that such technology is “phased-in” over a period of time. • Users will operate in a “mixed technology” environment. • Users will access their applications and data using a variety of ways. • Users will need to re-learn (and re-personalize) due to the technology changes put into place.

6. Microsoft Windows User Profile Operating System

7. App-V Engine Microsoft Windows User Profile Operating System

8. App-V Engine Microsoft Windows User Profile Microsoft Windows User Profile Operating System Operating System

9. App-V technology and its effect on an application’s look and feel… demo

10. Individual Requirements Remote Access local Security, Performance remote Offline Capabilities cloud

11. User Desktop Options Local Hosted PC Mobile VDI RDS/TS

12. Windows User Profiles Fundamentals Internet Explorer Settings Application 1 Settings Files and Folders Application 2 Settings Workspace Settings User Profile = User State = Persona = Individual Settings

13. Windows User Profiles Fundamentals Folder structure Profile User Registry - HKCU

14. Local Profiles File Server User Account 1 Profile 1 Profile 1 Profile 1 Domain Controller

15. Roaming Profiles Profile 1 Profile 1 Profile 1 File Server User Account 1 Profile 1 Profile 1 Domain Controller

16. Mandatory Profiles Profile File Server User Account 1 Profile 1 Profile 1 Domain Controller

17. Comparing Profile Types

18. Microsoft’s Profile Solutions • User State Virtualization (USV) • Roaming User Profiles (RUP) • Folder Redirection (FR) • Offline Files (OF) • Built-in features around user profiles • User Profile Service • AppData redirection • IntelliMirror • User Profile Migration • User State Migration Tool (part of the WAI Kit for Windows 7)

19. Folder Redirection Profile 1 Profile 1 Profile 1 File Server File Server

20. Folder Redirection • Folder Redirection gives administrators the ability to move user data out of the profile, giving users real-time access to their data • Can be done on a server by server basis • Can be configured in Group Policy • Can redirect multiple folders to many locations • Hard-coded folder redirection is possible • HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \Explorer\ User Shell Folders

21. User Profile Versions • User Profiles – V 1 • Applies to Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 • Individual profile path: \Documents and Settings\<username> • Contains folders specific to operating system language • User Profiles – V 2 • Applies to Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 • Individual profile path: \Users\<username> • Folder names are not localized, but still contain localized directory junctions for compatibility • Separates machine and application-specific data

22. Profile Folder Structure

23. Profile Folder Structure

24. Profile Folder Structure AppData\Local (Win7) = Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data (WinXP) AppData\Roaming (Win7) = Documents and Settings\username\Application Data (WinXP)

25. Traditional Profile Management demo

26. Challenge: Profile Bloat Logon Times Ntuser.dat Time in seconds Managed profile Time in months

27. Windows User Profiles Windows Settings Application Settings Profile Data Windows API User Session Windows Operating System

28. Solutions – Streaming and Segmentation Profile Streaming Profile Segmentation Profile Data Base Segmentation Runtime Windows API Windows API User Session User Session Windows OS Windows OS

29. User Virtualization Virtualize the user and treat it as a layer

30. What is User Virtualization? • A technology layer (like Desktop Virtualization) which allows a users experience to be portable and consistent regardless • Encompasses many elements of the user experience including personality, data and user applications • Applies to a desktop stack regardless of delivery (physical, virtual or remote / streamed)

31. What is User Virtualization? User Policy Enterprise Management User Virtualization Virtual Streamed Cloud User State User Data User Apps App Virtualization Hardware Virtualization

32. So What Is USV, What’s The Difference? • A Microsoft Windows component (like DFS) which allows a user personality to roam between different machines • A combination of Windows Roaming Profiles and Folder Redirection • Mature technology which has been in the operating system for many years • Serves a distinct purpose – to roam user settings

33. So What Is USV, What’s The Difference? • Remember, UV is a technology whereas USV is a component – USV is actually part of UV • UV has a broad reach and set of requirements, USV is a component focused on a specific task • USV is Microsoft Windows OS specific – other such components apply to their relevant OS’s – all are part of UV

34. What is AppSense User Virtualization? • AppSense provides User Virtualization technology, just like Oracle provides database technology and Salesforce.com provides CRM technology • AppSense UV technology consists of multiple capabilities including those that extend Microsoft Windows USV

35. A consistent personality between locally installed and virtual applications demo

36. App-V Engine Microsoft Windows User Profile Microsoft Windows User Profile Operating System Operating System

37. User Virtualization User Virtualization App-V Engine Microsoft Windows User Profile Microsoft Windows User Profile Operating System Operating System

38. Providing a consistent personality between different versions of the Windows operating system demo

39. Manage Users Rather than Devices

40. Managing the whole user… Policies Policies Applications Applications Rights Rights Favorites Favorites Personalization Personalization Data Data Permissions Permissions

41. Required Slide Track PMs will supply the content for this slide, which will be inserted during the final scrub. Track Resources • AppSense Homepage: www.appsense.com • Find us at the AppSense booth # 701 here at TechEd

42. Resources • Connect. Share. Discuss. http://northamerica.msteched.com Learning • Sessions On-Demand & Community • Microsoft Certification & Training Resources www.microsoft.com/teched www.microsoft.com/learning • Resources for IT Professionals • Resources for Developers • http://microsoft.com/technet • http://microsoft.com/msdn

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